Congress to Hold Hearing on Air Traffic Control

New air traffic academy died in Congress despite dire need for more staff
Facing a dire shortage of air traffic controllers, some thought creating a second training academy made sense. Oklahoma lawmakers thought otherwise.
Congress to Hold Hearing on Air Traffic Control After Safety Incidents
A U.S. House of Representatives panel will hold a hearing next week on air traffic control issues after a series of incidents highlighted concerns about persistent staffing shortages. The Transportation and Infrastructure's aviation subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday titled "America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing" that will include the head of Airlines for America,
California Suffered Major Air Traffic Control Issue
An hour-long system outage at the Oakland Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center affected flights across the West Coast and Hawaii on Saturday evening.
NATCA Agitates Recruitment, Training Of More Air Traffic Controllers
The Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has called on the Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to recruit and train additional Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) for the industry.
US Senators Call for New Funding for Air Traffic Control Training
A bipartisan group of three senators on Tuesday called for new funding to boost air traffic control staffing, speed training of new controllers and new incentives to retain aviation workers. Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Senators John Hoeven and Jerry Moran introduced legislation that would authorize $100 million for tower simulators at Air Traffic Control facilities nationwide,
What to know about air traffic control towers after a midair collision in Arizona prompts questions
Chatter over the airwaves has provided some clues about what happened in Arizona. A chief flight instructor who was in the ...
Trump Admin lays off 400 FAA workers amid air traffic incidents; 1 Austin worker laid off
Despite the spate of incidents making headlines, the FAA is slimming down its workforce and one worker has already been laid ...
Air Traffic controllers union to analyze FAA firings’ impact on safety
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is reviewing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its ...
Does Des Moines International Airport have a shortage of air traffic controllers?
Recent media reports suggest Des Moines International Airport's air traffic control staffing is critically shorthanded.
Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center
The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees who maintain critical ...
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy ...
‘Air traffic controller of news’ speaks to students about journalism, managing a newsroom
Students participating in the Cleveland Media Academy met Feb. 1 with Laura Johnston, Content Director for cleveland.com and ...
Air traffic audio captures the scene after a plane flipped upside down while landing in Toronto
Audio from from Toronto Pearson Airport captures the reaction from air traffic controllers the moment a plane arriving from ...
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Chicago has not been immune from air traffic controller shortages in recent years
Air traffic control facilities at the city’s two airports, plus two other regional centers, failed to meet a working group’s ...
Air-traffic-control union ‘analyzing the effect’ of Trump firing notices
Emails to air-traffic controllers, according to a second air-safety union president, came “from an ‘exec order’ Microsoft ...
American Airlines flight discontinues landing to avoid departing plane at Washington National
The Federal Aviation Administration says an American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...